Do Looks matter?

[c_thina00]

I think No looks do not really matter for me, I would love to go to a guy who is attractive and very handsome...I like good looking and of course I don't want empty headed even though your good looking....
and the most important is the personality of course.

[Penguin_Woman]

(Digging up an old thread here...thought it was interesting)

Personally, I don't think looks matter. Looks will fade in time. Then what are left with? Plus, someone who is (what most would think of as) attractive, if they have an ugly personality, will start to seem ugly. While the person with average or less than average looks, with a great personality will appear more attractive.

I got lucky with Tuxie. He's very sexy and a great guy. But I would love him no matter what he looked like. :love:

[summit]

Im gonna go against the grain here once again (suprise!) :eek: but I believe looks do matter to be honest. When your out at a bar/restaurant/event wherever may be and a guy/girl catches your eye, why is this? more times than not is it not because you find them attractive? Is this not the first stage of being interested in someone? If this same person was not good looking, would they still have caught your eye? If not you would probly never go up to them to find out more about them. To me without that first physical attraction to someone, what else would draw them in to talk to them and get to know them better? I know their are special cases where looks is not important, it does happen, I agree, but in general as far as im concerned, most relationships start off as girl catches guys eye, guy goes and talks to her/asks her out so more often than not looks are important.

In this day in age however their is also internet dating which seems to be very popular, where you can find out almost everything about a person, likes/dislikes, hobbies etc.. so even though you may pull up a profile with someone who is not attractive, reading further into their profile may change your mind, but in real life we do not have the option of a profile to look at, we can only go by first impressions, which more often than not is looks. What else would you notice about a person if they walked by other than looks that would make you interested in finding out more about them?

[Daisy duke]

i think looks matter to me ..you have to fancy the person physically an mentally....

[Penguin_Woman]

I'd actually like to revise my earlier statement. Looks don't matter...up to a point. You at least have to look like you take care of yourself. that you bathe, shave, wash your clothes, use deoderant etc. In my new job you'd be surprised how many people come in there looking like they haven't bathed in a week,

[Tuxie]

I got lucky with Tuxie. He's very sexy and a great guy. But I would love him no matter what he looked like. :love:
Awww... ty sweetie. :kiss:

I'd actually like to revise my earlier statement. Looks don't matter...up to a point. You at least have to look like you take care of yourself. that you bathe, shave, wash your clothes, use deoderant etc. In my new job you'd be surprised how many people come in there looking like they haven't bathed in a week,
I think that looks matter, to a certain extent... but I firmly believe that beauty is NOT only an outward thing. And yeah, the personal hygiene thing plays a HUGE part in that. You just gotta take care of yourself!! ;)

[lisa843]

Unfortunately looks do matter to most people. We all live in a society that is driven by looks. Look at the media...sex and sexual attractiveness sells....people buy into it all the time.

For me personally, I do not think looks matter in the sense of "beauty" or outward appearance (as far as looks go) Now of course I would not want to be with someone that does not take care of personal hygiene, etc. I think it is way too superficial to be overly concerned with things that people can not control...they should not matter. I am way more concerned with what's inside...their heart and mind.

[EC]

Look does matter for initial attraction assuming that you do not know the person beforehand. If you are sitting in a park, two women sit across from you and one of them has pretty face and beautiful body while the other woman look ordinary and doesn't look very fit.

Who would we normally approach provided we want to get to know them but we know nothing about personality? The first one is a usual and logical choice. Anyhow, that alone is not enough to determine who we will approach because we make decisions unknowingly based on many things we do not even know we take into account:

- Cloth
- Sitting posture
- Positive / Negative / Neutral vibe from the person
- Favorite hair color / hairdo
- Nationality, etc

[mashmac]

I will make this one short: looks do matter. Not sure I would want to be intimate with Quasimodo even if he might be a nice guy. But looks are the initial trigger. But without charm, personality and certainly sense of humor, you won't get very far. It might trigger a start but it will be short lived.

[Tuxie]

Not sure I would want to be intimate with Quasimodo even if he might be a nice guy.

:12: Quasimodo!! Mashmac, you're funny!